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Name: LIDSTER, Edward Nicholas

Birth Date: 1.10.1877 Bathurst, NSW

Death Date: 21.10.1918 killed by lion in Western Cape, SA

Nationality: Australian

First Date: 1910

Profession: Farmer

Area: Nakuru, Njoro

Married: In Beaconsfield, Kimberley, S. Africa 13 Apr 1907 Wilhelmina Mercer Simpson b. 12 Jan 1881 Port Elizabeth, d. 15 Feb 1954 Brisbane

Children: Beryl (16.2.1908 Johannesburg-1976); Edward (19.8.1909 Nakuru-8.6.1912 Nakuru); Constance Mary Frances (Goodall) (22.10.1910 Njoro-6 May 1986 Queensland); Flora (16 Sep 1913 Nakuru-2000); Wilhelmina (1 June 1915 Nakuru-2006); Ernest (15 Feb 1917 Nakuru-1921); Ian Patrick (17 Mar 1918 Cape Town-1999); Rugggero 'Robert' (8 May 1919 Sydney, NSW-27 Apr 1997 Queensland)

Book Reference: Markham, Hut, Gazette, Red Book 1912, Barnes

General Information:

Gazette - 7/4/15 - Liable for Jury service, Molo - E.N. Lidster (British), Farm Manager
Red Book 1912 - E. Lidster - Naivasha
Nakuru North cemetery - in loving memory of our darling sonny Edward Lidster, who died 8/6/1912 aged 4 years
Markham - 1910 - Manager for Lord Delamere at Florida farm. Beryl Markham stayed with her.
Hut has E.V. Lidster 1920 Florida Farm Rongai

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